diff --git a/kiss/src/kiss/Helpers.hx b/kiss/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
index 2d4de08e..1e9c6c4c 100644
--- a/kiss/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
+++ b/kiss/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ class Helpers {
             callField: (fieldName:String, callOn:ReaderExp, args:Array<ReaderExp>) -> call(field(fieldName, callOn), args),
             print: (arg:ReaderExp) -> CallExp(Symbol("print").withPosOf(posRef), [arg]).withPosOf(posRef),
             the: (type:ReaderExp, value:ReaderExp) -> callSymbol("the", [type, value]),
+            not: (exp:ReaderExp) -> callSymbol("not", [exp]),
             list: list,
             str: str,
             symbol: _symbol,
diff --git a/kiss/src/kiss/Macros.hx b/kiss/src/kiss/Macros.hx
index 84188a3a..778df75a 100644
--- a/kiss/src/kiss/Macros.hx
+++ b/kiss/src/kiss/Macros.hx
@@ -1136,6 +1136,13 @@ class Macros {
         macros["indexOf"] = indexOfMacro.bind(false);
         macros["lastIndexOf"] = indexOfMacro.bind(true);
 
+        // contains is a macro so it can be called on either an Array or a String
+        macros["contains"] = (wholeExp:ReaderExp, exps:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) -> {
+            wholeExp.checkNumArgs(2, 2, '(contains <string or list> <snippet or element>)');
+            var b = wholeExp.expBuilder();
+            return b.not(b.callSymbol("=", [b.symbol("-1"), b.callField("indexOf", exps[0], [exps[1]])]));
+        }
+
         // Under the hood, quoted expressions are just Kiss strings for a KissInterp
         macros["quote"] = (wholeExp:ReaderExp, exps:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) -> {
             wholeExp.checkNumArgs(1, 1, '(quote <exp>)');
diff --git a/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx b/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
index 9f278c82..bc58d568 100644
--- a/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
+++ b/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ class BasicTestCase extends Test {
     function testCaseOnNull() {
         _testCaseOnNull();
     }
+
+    function testContains() {
+        _testContains();
+    }
 }
 
 class BasicObject {
diff --git a/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss b/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
index dc92e53f..ecb8ab68 100644
--- a/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
+++ b/kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
@@ -598,4 +598,11 @@
 (function _testCaseOnNull []
     (Assert.equals 5 (case null (v 10) (null 5)))
     (Assert.equals 5 (case null (v 10) (null 5) (otherwise 6)))
-    (Assert.equals 5 (case null (v 10) (otherwise 5))))
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+    (Assert.equals 5 (case null (v 10) (otherwise 5))))
+
+(function _testContains []
+    (assert (contains "abc" "b"))
+    (assert !(contains "abc" "z"))
+    (assert (contains [1 2 3] 1))
+    (assert !(contains [1 2 3] 5))
+    (Assert.pass))
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